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'J. J. KENNEDY. I FEED GUIDE FOR TYPE WRITER RIBBONS.

I APRILIOAYTIOIY FILED MAY 22,1913.

1,100,185. PtentdJuhe 16,1914;

'1bdlowhom 'iZ' IIIay'GOWCGY'nL' 1 V V Befit known that'I, JAMES J. KEN EDY, a citizenof the United States, res'i'ding'at- Fis hkill-on the-Hudson, in theeounty of Dutche'es end State of New York, have; in-

vented. certain new and useful Improve-'- ments in Feed-Guidesfor Type-Writer Rib= v after fnHy described', shown in the aecom bons and do hereby declare the following to be alfnll, clear, and exact description of the invention, "such as will enable others skilled in the arttowhieh it eppertalns to 'make anduse the seme, reference being had to the flaeeomp'anying drawings, and to" the lettersa'nd figures of, refereneemm'ked there'- on, which form a part of this specification.

, This ineention relates ftonew -end-useful' improvements in ribbon shifting devices for typewriters and comprisese simple and effi- I cient (le\'?'ice 'of'th'l's nature having var ous details of conetpuetion n'nd'eombination s and arrangements of Ipzrrts Wlneh will be herein.

penyi-ngdrawings and then specificallydelined-intheappended-01mm;

- applied 'theretg'x; lFig. 2 is e side elevation Showing; the :Ld.jl 1st1n'e'nt 'of the de'vice. fo1" printingadjncent to ,one' edge ofi'the ribbpni -I illustrate my inventionin the accompanying drawings .i11-whieh: l igju rek1 is a perspective yiew' of the de vice showiljlthe ribbon in dotted. lines as of the "devie'forj ntilizilig the central pertion of tljie..ribbon. Fig." 4 is asimfilar view showing the; adjustment for utilization of the ribbon for Plfhitingedjaefent to the edgej i opposite the-one utilized inFig. 2. Figgib is a top plan view-of; one of the p'art'spf the fl-djllSfil nellt""lnelllbllfFigJ- "6 'is, a similar, viewof the-otherpart, and Fig. 7 is a mant'rel sectional view longitudinally throughthe device.

Reference now being 'had to 'the {details of the drawin s by letter, A and B designate the two parts oft-he devicg the former bf whi'chispnovided with arms A- and the shank portion A i's provided-with e series.

of slots A andterminates in a forked end, the arms of which are formegi into' eyes A4.

Other eyes'A are formed'i-ntegral with the" plate" A saiclv eye's; torming means; whereby the (.[GYI'Q may ibe'j pivomlly cenneetedto me links' C' and-D which support. the ribbon, Said second plate B has ermsIY-mech of which has' integrel'loops E for the men- "mew e e -s Ail-plume ma'mi22;.1 Sean/N;-

-- e largefpor't'i'o Ition I of the .armsg A""which' 111love freely therethrough-to adjust the ribbon to be positioned atjdiiferent locations.

Projecting from theune oi the plate His :1 111g -F ;\vvhiehis. des i "ne d to-jengage one or fanotherof: theslots 0. h01d "Siliion. The arms :13 zirezjbenti; upon themselves at H, forming 'el'onget ed iloops adapted to receive the. typewritin'g ribbom'wl -ich is'dee- 'ignateclin 2 to, 4 hielnsive by letter KL; An upturned portion N. upon the-plate B serves as a hendl'e whereby" the pletie B, 'which, is'resilient; may be raised 'tof ellow the-lug, F'to bewith'd'r'a-w'n from the slot .--A in which it may be positioned to allow the two; plates to be adjusted.-

- In Fig.j2' of gsthe'sdrawings, l h'eifie shown the two pl atesn djusted with" the Iu'g .F .in the notch atthe extreme outermost of the threeislets A eajusing= tl'xet 136,- shown indotted 'lines e'nd' designated f strike-the ribbon at one side ns'in Fig. 3, the lugis"; zuil-jus y letter -R; to

we. v I lntefrmdijate of the: notches At, causing; thetypetolstrike v the center ofthe. ribbon i n' ig; 4 the I v the inneraster the three slots Afnv y will; ee usefthef typeto f strike. the ribbonnea-r-the edge opposite the one. struck hy'fthe type when "the device is- 'utiliZe'tiilsi in .2, tili ing loops for the receptionof aftypewriter rib-' hon, eaeh 5111b 'h'evingieei'd loopbeing. proyid'ed. with inte mrl'uge which are bent to form straps parallel to 'eael'; other,- and pro vided Withe resilient sha r'ili portion with a lug uponits' inner; me,- seid; shank portion terminating in a handle, theother "member having arms whichare guided by said straps end provided with lugs bent to'form eyes withim intermediate shank portion which 

